ShopTalk: Rescue adventure

[tflan]

I bought a couple of 16� TM rescue nearly clones a few weeks ago. I assemble one of them, using a Precision Composites Mach 22 "R" flex shaft. Swingweight = C2! Yikes. So I pulled the shaft and shoved in a tip weight. SW = C5. I popped out the little piece of plastic that covered the hole at the bottom of the hosel and poured some lead powder into the head. SW = D1. O.K. That matched the SW of 2 original Rescues I had on hand. I took the club out to the range. Couldn't hit it at all. Low right. Only way to get it in the air was off a tee. Back to the shop.   I pulled the shaft. Heated the head and got the lead powder out. I found a Taylor original Rescue pullout. Once again I started with no lead. SW once again C2. I poured lead into the head until I got to D1. I drilled a 1/8" hole in the sole of the head and filled the head with expandable foam. SW now D2. Voila! It works.   Moral of the story; if you buy clone heads like these, weigh them. These heads weighed 232 grams, much too light for a graphite shaft. I got the head to 244 grams by adding lead powder and foam. The OEM Taylor Rescues weigh about 240 - 245 grams. A clone may look good but for sure in many cases the specs aren't close to the real deal.   TFlan